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This 1953 Chevy Cantrell Woodie was for sale on eBay a few months ago. It didn't meet reserve and sell with a top bid of $30k, but this was one of the original photos included in the listing. Pretty cool. These people drove this through central and South America for summer vacations in the 50s and camped out of it.


This image was taken by my friend Cliff Burnett when he was a kid with his Brownie Box camera. The Cliquot Club Beverage company was a local (Millis MA) bottler who used the Eskimo girl as their mascot/logo and had this truck built to promote the brand.

Here are some pictures of some Danish assembled Oldsmobile trucks from the mid/late 30´s

This first picture is of a ´37/38 Oldsmobile c-133 truck . The image was taken in the early 80´s. This summer I picked several parts from this truck before it was scraped by the owner.https://app.box.com/s/yy14xo2wq9e7wyxndvyy

Here we have a old photo froma truck that was owned by a company called A/S Anco in Norway: https://app.box.com/s/1cw2ygab9b973phq9mks

Here is a picture of a 1939 salesbrochure from Oldsmobile truck division, notice the different grille: https://app.box.com/s/5hsxbbprlfq778rb5hqb

And finally here is a picture of my ´39 Oldsmobile C-159 just after we pulled it out from it´s resting place for the last 51 years: https://app.box.com/s/fxbid8eg0zfumhnggd2w

Did the Oldsmobile truck more or less take the place of the GMC in Europe?

Actually they sold all 3 brands along side of each other, why they did this is not clear. But all brands sold well so it was a succesfull marketing plan.

All 3 were sold down here as well though I dont know if they were all on the same showroom floor.
Tony

Here's a rare one… Blackout 1942 Woodie on a half ton chassis, in 1943.

You'd think it was 1959 in this photo, with four of them present. Then your eye drifts to the '61 in the background…



A 1961 Parkwood takes to the rails on the New York Central…

Not a Nomad (equal to an Impala) It is a Parkwood which was equal to the Bel Air.

Thanks Gene… Edit made!

Perhaps they chose the Parkwood over the cheap Brookwood is that the Parkwood came as a 2 or 3 seater and they probably wanted the 3 seats.

Brubaker Chevrolet, 1939. A nice COE tow truck…

great photo brewster.i have a 39/40 coe tow truck with an early holmes tow rig. i'd always felt the bed of my truck was home made, but observing this photo, i'm not sure now. there are similarities. thanks, mike

A nice 1929 Imperial Landau Convertible… Rare car, or mildly popular? The debate rages…

Very unique Canadian advertising for 1933 Standard and Master Chevrolets…

Is that Oscar??!! A GM show, looks like 1946…



Looks like a GM dealership in the South. Maybe Australia?? 1928-1930?

i'd favor the oldsmobile being a 1948. love your old photos brewster. thanks,mike

Brewster ???

The Pontiac is a 1947. The Olds is a 1946 or 1947 - they look the same from a distance.

That's my baby! Won a calendar contest last year. One is hanging on my wall, and one is at Dad's house...

Would be interesting to know when & where. Got it on a thread showing old signs. A lot of them are the type that was painted on brick. Many of them have cars. This one caught my attention.

Here's a hard hit....

A 1948 Woodie Wagon… just in time for New Years!



Hitting the open road, 1950…

French's Pontiac GMC… A fancy little fleet of GMC trucks with extra accessories. Love the Buick portholes!

A 1950, two 1951's and a 1952 Chevrolet Sedan Delivery join a Panel truck at the head of the Harrisburg Dairy fleet, in Pennsylvania.

I think there's some photoshop work in that picture. The line of Divco trucks looks to be repeated a few times. That lineup along the right side looks too perfect...